Historical Events
1867 - Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars
1920 - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)
1980 - US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
1983 - Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
1984 - Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
2004 - The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
Famous Birthdays
1814 - Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire
1903 - Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)
1922 - J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)
1927 - Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer
1948 - Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-72)
1973 - Jamie Brown, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
Famous Deaths
1622 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
1850 - Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70
1959 - Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72
1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
1968 - Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45
1975 - William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/Y3Ei0f
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